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Portsmouth Guildhall is a multi-use building in the centre of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It is located in a pedestrian square close to Portsmouth and Southsea railway station . Constructed in 1890, the building was known as Portsmouth Town Hall until 1926.
Dickens was born in Portsmouth and visited the theatre in 1838 to research Nicholas Nickleby. He was not only a brilliant writer but a consummate performer and would-be actor. His readings were legendary and made him a 19th-century celebrity. There is a belief that he may have performed at the Portsmouth Theatre but this is unlikely.
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The foundation stone to mark the construction of the civic offices and the guildhall square was laid by the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Phyllis Loe, on 19 December 1972. [6] An existing statue of Queen Victoria , which had been sculpted by Alfred Drury in bronze, placed on a granite pedestal and unveiled by Lady Dupree in 1903, was relocated to a ...
Portsmouth Cathedral: 37 121 1887–1890 St Mary's Church, Portsea: 51 167 1890–1912 Portsmouth Guildhall: 53.5 176 1912–1969 240/250-ton Arrol crane, HMNB Portsmouth [38] 61 200 [39] 1969–1971 Europa House 63 207 1971–2005 Ladywood House 72 236 2005– Spinnaker Tower: 170 558
Portsmouth Portsmouth Guildhall [fn 21] 4 March 1985 Reading The Hexagon [fn 21] 6 March 1985 Poole: Arts Centre [fn 21] 7 March 1985 Brighton Brighton Dome [fn 21] 8 March 1985 Margate: Winter Gardens [fn 21] 11 March 1985 Ipswich: Gaumont [fn 21] 12 March 1985 Nottingham Nottingham Royal Concert Hall [fn 21] 16 March 1985 Stoke-on-Trent ...
This is a synopsis of the current, revised version of the show since the 1994 York Theatre production, not the original one performed on Broadway in 1981. The plot revolves around Frank Shepard, a famous songwriter and eventual film producer ("Overture/Merrily We Roll Along").
They are in Guildhall Square, with the Portsmouth Guildhall and Portsmouth Central Library. The Guildhall, a symbol of Portsmouth, is a cultural venue. It was designed by Leeds-based architect William Hill, who began it in the neo-classical style in 1873 at a cost of £140,000. [104] [182] It was opened to the public in 1890. [183]